Jivin J’s Life Links 4-1-11
by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat
- The Philadelphia City Paper’s cover story for yesterday’s edition was on how abortionist Steve Brigham is still in business, despite losing his license in numerous states and having employees complain to the state about his practices:
15 clinics were issued “notices of deficiencies,” mostly regarding relatively minor infractions. But one case among still-open facilities stood out: 6 pages of violation notices were issued to a single abortion clinic – violations that have not yet been reported by the press – connected to a man named Steven Brigham.
Brigham, like Gosnell, has overseen abortion procedures in Pennsylvania for decades. Like Gosnell, he’s run afoul of the law – throughout his career, in fact. And, as was the case with Gosnell, abortion providers and women’s health advocates say they’ve alerted the state repeatedly to concerns over Brigham’s clinics.
One big difference, however: These clinics are still open.
- In the Richmond Times-Dispatch, A. Barton Hinkle notes some of the pro-choice movement’s cognitive dissonance:
Pro-choice activists contend a woman has the right to choose what to do with her own body and the government should not overrule her. This is a very appealing argument – and if you agree with it then it settles the abortion question (so long as you also agree that the fetus is part of the woman’s body and not a distinct being with rights of its own).
But not many people agree with it. Not even many abortion-rights advocates agree with it. Take Karen Finney, who recently excoriated “The War on Women” in The Hill. “Here in Washington,” she wrote, “we’re fighting the ‘let women die’ provision, which says a doctor can refuse to treat a pregnant woman, even if an abortion is the only way to save her life.”
But wait. Allowing a doctor to refuse to treat someone is allowing that doctor to decide what to do with his or her own body. The “let women die” act just as easily could be called the “let doctors decide whom they will treat without government interference” act.
- The Wisconsin library which at one point canceled the showing of a pro-life film will now let 40 Days for Life show the film:Marathon County Corporation Counsel Scott Corbett said county officials conferred with an attorney for their insurance company and determined that there was not enough evidence that protests would lead to a “civil disturbance” to cancel the event.
- Arron Harrison’s first parole hearing for attempted killing of an unborn child (the child was unharmed) didn’t go so well after trying to sell a really bad story to the parole hearing officer:
On May 20, 2009, Harrison encountered a distraught 17-year-old girl as he walked down the street. The pair struck up a conversation, the girl later told police, and she asked Harrison to help her end her pregnancy, promising to pay him $150 in return.
The girl said she and Harrison went to a home where she lay down on a bed and covered her face with a pillow while he punched her 5 times in the abdomen. Harrison also bit the teen on the neck and slapped her in the face, said the girl, who was charged in juvenile court with criminal solicitation to commit murder….
Harrison said Tuesday he had no idea the girl was pregnant and disputed that she’d ever been in his bedroom. Instead, he said, the pair was sitting in the front yard of the home where he lived, having a debate about abortion, when he became enraged.
[Image via successatreach.com; Photo via deseretnews.com]
You can debate abortion all that you want, but we can all agree that calling it the “let women die” provision is meant to scare people and use emotions to control them.
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Oh yes because, as everyone knows, we pro-lifers treat pregnant women like a stick of gum. We only care about the gum inside(the baby), and we just want to discard the wrapper( the mother). [SARCASM]
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You’re so right Pamela. It’s obvious that anti-choicers place much more importance on the fetus than the woman, in all circumstances. I didn’t find you sarcastic at all.
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re: Steven Brigham article
What “abortion providers” or “women’s health advocates” (code for pro-choice people only) reported these deplorable conditions to authorities? If I remember correctly, the abortion providers and “women’s health advocates” purposely remained silent about the conditions in Gosnell’s and Brigham’s clinics. Further, a pro-choice governor ignored requests for inspections from those women harmed by these men and pro-life advocates (the true “women’s health advocates”).
I continue to be amazed by the sloppy to purposefully propagandized journalistic standards employed by the “main-stream” media.
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There is no ‘let women die’ provision because there are no medical conditions where direct abortion is required to save the life of the mother! The one that falaciously gets tossed about the most is an ectopic pregnancy, which a standard abortion can’t even help. In fact when an early abortion is done they are supposed to get a hystology report to verify that an abortion actually took place and it’s not a possible ectopic pregnancy, which requires special medical attention and a surgery to remove the sac and baby alive from the dangerous position. Unfortunately, as an unavoidable side effect the baby then dies a few moments to minutes later unless it can be successfully reimplanted in the uterus, which is very rare. There have been multiple affirmations by OBs, both in the past and today, both in the US and abroad, that have stated the simple fact that there are no life-threatening conditions that require a direct abortion to save the mother’s life.
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